Slack Jawed Babbling

Sunny Dunny. Dunbar, on the East Lothian coast, reputedly has more hours of sunshine than any other Scottish town. I read somewhere that the local micro climate benefits from the nearby Lammermuir Hills which soak up the rain when the wind blows from the south or west. The Pennines fulfil a similar rainfall function in England between with the wet north-west and the drier north-east. The weather had clearly read the script. The sun melted away the early morning murky fug at the very point my train approached Dunbar. The landscape was suddenly alive with rich ochre tones of farmland and vibrant lemon blooms of gorse alongside Border valleys bursting with bright green new season foliage. A sunlit arrival felt appropriate. As if shining a torch on the missing link in my perambulation around the coast. All the other destinations have been scribed in these posts and the remaining few counties have already visited, logged and are ready to upload. The Borders were the glaring omission. I ha...